Ann-Elizabeth Fossett Isaacs

Ann-Elizabeth Fossett Isaacs (1812-1902) was an African American woman who was born into slavery at Monticello, the plantation owned by then former president Thomas Jefferson. She lived there until she was around the age of fifteen with her mother, a cook, and her father, a blacksmith, along with their other nine children. She would later be sold to a new owner, and eventually gain freedom, and after moving around from Ohio and Charlottesville, would eventually settle in Ross County, Ohio. It was here that she and her family were able to play an integral part in the Underground Railroad.